CSSJ Weekly Newsletter
January 15, 2015

Coming events

"Before the Age of Revolution: Slave Rumor and Rebellion in the Black British Atlantic, 1729-1746"

Friday, January 23, 2015
4:00pm
John Carter Brown Library Reading Room

Justin Pope, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and the John Carter Brown Library, will give a presentation entitled "Before the Age of Revolution: Slave Rumor and Rebellion in the Black British Atlantic, 1729-1746." This talk is part of the JCB Seminar in the History of the Americas and the World (SHAW) series.

Brown bag lunch talk with Prof. Tatiana Seijas

Thursday, January 29, 2015
12:00 PM
Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Seminar Room
94 Waterman Street

"Asian Slaves and the Racialization of Slavery in Colonial Mexico and the Philippine Islands"

Lunch will be provided. Kindly RSVP here: http://goo.gl/forms/49akz0SbM6

The Book of Negroes Screening and Conversation with Aunjanue Ellis '92 in partnership with the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America

Thursday, January 29, 2015
6:00 PM
Salomon 001
79 Waterman Street

Please join BET Networks and CSSJ for a special screening of The Book of Negroes.

One of the most highly anticipated television productions of 2015 is BET's epic miniseries The Book of Negroes. Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes recounts the resourceful journey of Aminata Diallo, an invincible African slave who secured her freedom during the American Revolution. Brown University is pleased to welcome this universal tale of loss, courage, and eventual triumph with a screening of series highlights and the complete fourth episode.

Following the screening is a Q&A discussion with The Book of Negroes actress and Brown alum, Aunjanue Ellis '92.

View the trailer here.

RSVP on Facebook!

Coming in February

February 13, 2015
Seminar with Prof. Ted Maris-Wolf: “Citizens of Small Worlds: Free Blacks, Law, and Virginia Neighborhoods"
Jointly Hosted by CSSJ and the History Department’s 19th Century US History Workshop

February 19, 2015
Brown bag lunch talk with Prof. Beatriz Mamigonian

February 26-27, 2014
Conference on Race in America Today in partnership with the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America

February 2015
Black History Month Film Series in partnership with the Providence Public Library

In the News

Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project in Southern Spaces blog

MPCPMP, a CSSJ partner, is featured in Southern Spaces, a blog in collaboration with Emory University.

Opportunities

Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Study of Slavery and Justice

Location: Providence, RI
Closes: Feb 16, 2015

Search Opens December 15. Deadline is February 16, 2015.

Please include a cover letter, current CV, a writing sample, and three letters of reference.